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Elmhurst U. Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Elmhurst University Men’s Basketball Coach John Baines has announced the additions of John Cheng and Tyler Pierce to the Bluejays’ coaching staff. Both will be serving as volunteer assistant coaches for the 2020-21 season.  A graduate of Denison University, Cheng comes to Elmhurst after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at the

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Dakota Wesleyan’s Wilber returns from leave

Dakota Wesleyan University head men’s basketball coach Matt Wilber has returned from a leave of absence, according to a report from the Mitchell Republic. Wilbur had been on an unspecified leave since early October. According to the report, Mitchell will coach the Tigers this weekend in the NAIA Basketball Classic. DWU will face Valley City

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Gilliland joins Mercer Basketball Staff

Head Coach Greg Gary announced the hiring of graduate manager Ben Gilliland, who joins the staff after a stint with the Minnesota Golden Gophers.  Gilliland, a native of Beloit, Wisc. comes to Mercer following two seasons as a student manger with the Golden Gophers’ men’s basketball program. At Minnesota, Gilliland was responsible for creating video

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Claunch inks contract extension at Nicholls State

Wednesday afternoon, Nicholls State University Director of Athletics Jonathan Terrell officially inked men’s basketball head coach Austin Claunch to a four-year contract extension, locking down the Houston native through the 2023-24 season. “Austin has consistently managed to put this program in a position to succeed, and we’re thrilled to re-sign him to an additional four

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Anthony Grant, Shaka Smart Named to NABC Board of Directors

Anthony Grant of the University of Dayton and Shaka Smart of the University of Texas have accepted invitations to join the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors. The appointments are effective immediately. “Anthony Grant and Shaka Smart are two of college basketball’s most respected voices,” said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “In

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Nesbitt added to Bradley Men’s Basketball Staff

Mike Nesbitt has been hired as the Coordinator of Player Development and Video Operations at Bradley. Nesbitt joined the Braves after stints at New Mexico Junior College, Panola College, Southern Utah and the University of New Mexico, Most recently, he spent the 2019-20 campaign at New Mexico Junior College, helping the Thunderbirds to a 23-9 record

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Keller extended through 2025-26 at Stephen F. Austin

SFA Director of Athletics Ryan Ivey announced a contract extension between SFA and men’s basketball head coach Kyle Keller on Tuesday. The joint agreement extends Keller’s contract through the 2025-26 season, and comes on the heels of a 28-3 season in 2019-20 which saw the Lumberjacks capture the Southland Conference regular season title amidst the

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Casey named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Manor College

Manor College Director of Athletics John Dempster has announced that Richard Casey has been named Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Casey was also the Blue Jays Men’s Basketball Head Coach from 1994-1997 and 2009-2010.  In his first season (10-11 overall, 8-8 EPCC), he coached Blue Jays to Quarterfinal Postseason Tournament Appearance. Casey won first collegiate game,

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Daily Dirt – 11/3/20

Big day today…VOTE! Catching up on a few things…. The University of Central Missouri has added Adam Short as an assistant coach. Short had spent the past five seasons an assistant at State Fair CC, and was an assistant at Cowley College before that. AJ Holland has been named as an assistant at Angelo State.

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